Dear Future Partner…

Here's what I would want you to know about being with someone with Bipolar Disorder ...

How to tell Love from Lust

Have you ever wondered or been in a situation where you doubted if you were in love with a person or truly in lust? Sometimes it can be difficult to tell if you are in lust or love, both can be hard to define and the lines of the the tow can get somewhat blurry. … Continue reading How to tell Love from Lust →

6 Signs that you are in a Healthy Relationship

We live in a society where we have access to articles that are published regularly about how to help our unhealthy relationships and how to decide when to end a relationship that hits the rocks. As well we are often bombarded with articles and statistics about how the divorce rates are so high within our … Continue reading 6 Signs that you are in a Healthy Relationship →

Healthy Boundaries, Healthy Relationships

What do you think of when when you hear the word "boundaries" in regards to "relationships"? Do you think of walls going up to keep people out? Or that keep you in? Do you wonder what "relationship boundaries" even means? Boundaries in a relationship was once a foreign concept to me too. When I was … Continue reading Healthy Boundaries, Healthy Relationships →

Emotional Abuse and Lifetime Movies

Many of us, especially women, have probably seen at least one Lifetime movie and they're almost all centered around a single female who's usually suffered prior emotional abuse in a previous relationship, who meets "Prince Charming" and he turns out to be even worse than the husband she's recovering from. The stories are often a … Continue reading Emotional Abuse and Lifetime Movies →

Drawing Lines: Why Boundaries are Necessary in Every Relationship

For a long time I didn't have any real idea what the word "boundaries" meant in terms of relationships so I certainly didn't know how to create any healthy ones. I was too naive to know that I had the right to insist on them or how to "enforce" them for my own self-respect and … Continue reading Drawing Lines: Why Boundaries are Necessary in Every Relationship →